UNIT 1 Tell Me About Yourself Learn words

UNIT 1 Tell Me About Yourself

• Learn words and expressions about introductions. • Listen for general and specific information. • Learn how to ask for clarification. X UNIT GOALS Lead-in Listen and Practice Communication Strategy Watch and Talk

LEAD-IN A. Look at Ma Yun’s blog. Some information is missing. Complete the page with the words in the box. full name _____________ _____________ Ma Yun Lao Yun Hangzhou Bachelor Entrepreneur On the Road tai chi education birth place occupation nickname favorite sport favorite song

LEAD-IN B. Read the example. Then introduce yourself to the class with the help of the tips. Example Tips Hello, my name is Robert. My Words for Introduction: friends call me Bob. I am 18 nickname, first name, last name years old. I’m from Nanjing, home town Jiangsu Province. I like sports hobby and love basketball the most. I favorite sports/food/singer enjoy pop music and Yoga Lin dream, ambition is my favorite singer. I am Useful Expressions: interested in English and my Please call me … favorite subject is painting. I am not good at dancing. My dream is to become an I can’t stand cafeteria food! artist. My hobby is …

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE

Nickname 绰号，昵称 X II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE X Script New Words Posh and Becks Culture Tips Posh and Becks is the nickname the A. has Listen andtocheck (√) thecouple following press given the famous of statements. Victoria and David Beckham. True False The Spice Girls is an English pop girl □█ 1. group The woman something about formedknows in 1994. According to the ○█□ Victoria David Beckham. girl group BBC, they and are the best-selling 2. of. The interested in Victoria all man time. is. Victoria Beckham is a and █ □ ○□█ David Beckham. member of the group. 3. Victoria was in a band named Spice Girls. ○□█ □ █ □█ 4. Posh and Becks are from the United ○□█ States. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script B. Listen again and complete the chart. Category Victoria Beckham Nickname Her nickname is Posh ______. David Beckham His nickname is Becks _______. singer player Occupation She is a ____. He is a soccer _____. Hobby fashion cars She likes _______. He likes _______. England Residence They live in _______ the United States ________. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Posh and Becks C. Tell your partner what you know about a superstar.

X chocolate chip ice cream 碎巧克力冰激凌 X Both Chells and Lee are II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script New Words nicknames for Chelsea. It’s an Interview Culture Tips A. Listen and check (√) True or False. True False ○□█ █ □ 2. Bart and Chelsea are classmates. □ █ ○ █ □ 3. Chelsea’s mother call her Chells. □█ 4. Chelsea likes pop music very much. █ □ ○□█ █ □ ○ 1. Bart needs Chelsea’s help for his assignment. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script It’s an Interview B. Listen again as you read the statements. When you see a mistake, cross it out and write the correct word. ———————-----1. Bart interviews Adkins Chelsea for a (Chelsea Adkins) school assignment. 2. Chelsea is 22 years old and has two ( nicknames —————— ) last names. ——------- very 3. Chelsea doesn’t like vegetable much. —---4. Chelsea’s favorite food is fruit. ( meat ) chocolate chip ( ice cream ) CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script First Day at School A. Listen and circle things that Jacqueline and Tom talk about. 2. parents ○1. names home towns 3. ○ ○5. the teacher 7. songs 4. occupations 6. interests ○ 8. tennis ○ CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script First Day at School B. Listen again and find out the true information about each person. 1. comes from Paris 2. is a new student Tom _____. 2 3 4 3. likes tennis 4. is from Bangkok Jacqueline _____. 1 3 5 5. has a nickname “Jacqui” Miss Smith _____. 3 6 7 6. comes from Dallas 7. is a teacher CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE C. Get to know your partner better. Complete the card with information that is true for your partner. Then make a dialogue with the given information. Example：A: Do you have a nickname? B: No, I don’t. How about you, Alex? A: Actually, I do. My friends call me Speedy. First Name: Last Name: Nickname: ______ Occupation/Part-time Job: __________ Hometown: Interests: _______

X designer. II. clothes 品牌服装 LISTEN AND PRACTICE dress up 穿上盛装，衣着华丽 karaoke 卡拉OK Sharon’s Bill A. text Listen and check (√) True or False. message 手机短信 Script New Words True 1. Sharon prefers cooking at home to eating out. 2. Sharon goes to the movies and karaoke with her parents. 3. Sharon’s cell phone bill is big. 4. Sharon has rented an apartment and lives alone. False □█ ○□█ □ █ ○□█ █ □ ○□█ CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script Sharon’s Bill B. Listen again and write each category in the correct place in the pie chart. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE A Blogger Speaks X A. Listen and (1933－2003) circle the correct Nina Simone is answers. New Words Script Culture Tips an American jazz singer, D 1. Paul mainly writes about_______. composer and pianist. A. people he meets on the Internet John Coltrane (1926 -1967) is B. his wife and his son an American saxophone player. C. his favorite bars and restaurants D. his interests, his hometown, music, and cooking X blog 博客writes about things he dislikes such as 2. Paul often recipe B 菜� _____. litter 垃圾，� 弃物 A. computer B. cigarette smoke rock-climbing 攀岩运� C. pasta D. badminton pasta 意大利面 CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script B 3. According to the passage, Paul seems like_______. A. a closed, quiet person who stays home too much B. a person with many interests who enjoys communicating C. a hardworking person who is interested in making money D. a boring person who has nothing interesting to say or write about 4. What is the main topic of the passage? A A. Paul’s well-known blog and the things he writes about there. B. Paul’s family and what he does in his free time. C. Paul’s life in Phoenix, Arizona, and the last camping trip he took. D. Paul and his wife’s love of all kinds of music, including jazz and country. CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script B. Listen again and fill in the blanks with the information you’ve heard. 1. Sometimes Paul writes about his favorite ______ singers_ or different kinds of _______ music that he likes, especially jazz and country music _____. 2. Pictures on Paul’s blog include those of his family, friends, and even his _____ dog. 3. Sometimes Paul ______ cooks and then blog about the recipes, or takes photos of the ______ dishes he makes and blogs about them, too. 4. To Paul, blog is a great way to communicate _______ the world. with CHECK

II. tomboy 野丫� ，假小子 LISTEN AND PRACTICE How Do You Like Sports? A. Listen and circle the correct answers. X Script New Words 1. What are the two people talking about? C A. What they like to do in their free time. B. Their families and how they spend time with them. C. Their relationship with sports, both now and in the past. D. The music they like and how often they play them. 2. Based on the passage, it seems that______. C A. the man has always enjoyed many kinds of sports B. the woman doesn’t really enjoy sports except swimming C. the man doesn’t really enjoy sports D. the woman used to hate sports but now she likes CHECK them

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script 3. According to the passage, the man would prefer C ______. A. skiing over playing tennis B. reading over doing sports C. eating out over cooking at home D. playing basketball over studying C 4. According to the passage, the woman______. A. is married now but often skis with her family B. does sports more than she did when she was younger C. enjoys sports but doesn’t have time to do them now D. would like to learn to swim but she is afraid of the water CHECK

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE Script B. Listen again and fill in the blanks with the information you’ve heard. The man hasn’t really enjoyed ________ being outside ever since he was young. He is very clumsy. He did gymnastics for soccer and ran a about one year in ____________ grade school, and played prefer sitting under a little bit in high school. For him, he’d _______ tree reading to playing sports! The woman has always been a tomboy. When she was young, she loved ____ and her mother hiking and _____ swimming could never get her to_____ come inside! After high school, she joined the golf team and won some local titles. In addition, ______ she played tennis, volleyball, and baseball during the. Nowadays, , she summerssince she has acan’t son do sports as ________ much as she wants to.

II. LISTEN AND PRACTICE How Do You Like Sports? C. Ask your partner to talk about his/her attitude towards sports.

III. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Asking for Clarification A. Listen and Practice. Then practice again using the other expressions. B: Hi, I’m Maria Vanderford. I’m on the guest list. B: It’s Vanderford. A: Sorry, can you say your A: What’s your name? last name again? * I didn’t catch your name. * I didn’t get your name. B: Van-der-ford. A: Vander. . I’m * Could you repeat A: sorry, can you say that, please? Vanderford. that again? * I didn’t catch that. Got it.

III. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Asking for Clarification B. Pair Work. Continue these conversations with your partner. Use the expressions from Activity A to ask for clarification. ①A: Hi, I’m George Williams. I’m a new student here. B: Hi George. I’m Kim Garvey. A: Kim, I’m sorry, I … ②A: Is Alex there, please? B: Sorry, Alex is at work now. His work number is 5554376. A: Sorry, could you… ③A: What do you do? B: I’m a designer for a company called West Side Design. A: I’m sorry, I … ④A: When is your birthday? B: My birthday? It is March 30 th.

III. COMMUNICATION STRATEGY Asking for Clarification C. Role-play. Use the information to role-play a conversation between Makiko and Edward. Be sure to ask for clarification in your conversation. Example A: Hello. My name is Makiko. B: Hi, I’m Edward. I’m sorry. I didn’t catch your name.

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script The Internet Café Part A: A. Predict and Watch Look at the photos and check (√) your guesses. Then watch Clip A to see whether you are right. True False 1. These people are at a coffee shop in Tokyo, Japan. 2. Jake works at the coffee shop. 3. Jake and Amy are old friends. 4. Jake thinks Amy is very boring. □█ ○ □ █ ○ █ □ □█ ○ ○□█ █ □ █ □ CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script B. Second Watching Watch Clip A again and match CHECK each quotation to the correct person. Lena Customer Jake Amy Martina 1. “It’s the freshest coffee in New York. ” 2. “Just open this and then click on that. ” 3. “Jake, where’s the milk? ” 4. “Could you repeat that? ” 5. “Jake, this is √ √ √

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script C. Third Watching. Watch Part A again and circle the correct answers. 1. The host of the video is named C. A. Jack B. Chad C. Chaz B 2. The name of the coffee shop is. A. The Cappuccino Café B. Hemispheres Café C. Starbucks B 3. Martina is probably of the coffee shop. A. an employee B. the owner C. a customer CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script C. Third Watching. Watch Part A again and circle the correct 4. How does theanswers. customer ask Jake for clarification about getting on the Internet? B repeat A. “Excuse me. ” B. “Sorry, could you that? ” C. “Sure, just open this window. ” B 5. Lena is setting up, but she can’t find. A. the coffee B. the milk C. the sugar 6. When Jake first sees Amy, he says, “Who is that? ” He probably A thinks she’s. A. beautiful B. famous C. strange CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script C. Third Watching. Watch Part A again and circle the correct answers. 7. When Jake sees Amy and says, “Who is that? ”, C Lena is _____. A. jealous B. angry C. amused A 8. Amy asks Jake for clarification about ______. A. his name B. the name of the café C. his job CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK D. After Watching Suggested Answer 1. Does Hemispheres Café seem like a place you would like to hang out? Where do you like to hang out? What’s it like? What do you do there? Compare it with Hemispheres Café in the chart. Reasons why I like it don’t like it It has a nice atmosphere. It’s too noisy. I Hemispheres The food is good. They don’t like the Café let people stay for many food. hours. The people who go The chairs are My Café or there are cool. It’s uncomfortable. restaurant convenient to get to. It’s too dark.

IV. WATCH AND TALK 2. Is Amy attracted to Jake? Why does Lena offer to show Amy around? Have you ever met someone and had an immediate connection with him or her? Describe the situation. Suggested Answer I think Amy is attracted to Jake because she seems nervous when she is talking to him. She also was smiling a lot and looked back at him after she walked away. I think Lena offers to show Amy around because she knows that it is Amy’s first day and she needs to know where everything is. Yes, I have. We met at school and became close right away …

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script The Internet Café Part B: A. Predict and Watch Read the synopsis and guess the correct words in parentheses. Underline them. Then watch Clip B to check your guesses. Summary √ In Clip B, Jake is talking to (Lena/ Amy). He asks her what she does, and she says she’s an (actor/ √ graphic designer). He (seems/ doesn’t seem) interested in this √ and tells her he directs (plays/ films). Lena then tells √ Jake to help (Martina/ a customer) and asks Amy to √ (sing a song/ bring a cup √ of coffee) to a customer. She warns her that the customer has a pet (snake/ dog) in his √ bag and Amy looks very (nervous/ √ excited). CHECK

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script B. Second Watching Watch Part B again and write T for True or F for False next to each statement. T Jake asks Amy some questions about herself. 1. ____ F Amy says she lives far away from the coffee 2. ____ shop. T Amy seems excited that Jake is a director. 3. ____ T Lena calls Jake “Steven Spielberg”. 4. ____ F Amy offers to help Lena with her customer. 5. ____

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script 6. ____ F Lena says the snake is very dangerous. T Amy knows the customer doesn’t have a snake 7. ____ because he opens his bag up. F 8. ____Martina tells them to stop working out in the café. T 9. ____In the end, Amy is confident when she brings the customer his coffee. T Chaz asks two questions to check your 10. ____ understanding of the video.

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script C. Third Watching Watch Part B again as you read the dialogue. Complete the sentences with the missing words. live ? Jake: So, where do you _______ Amy: I live on Twelfth _______ Street. Here in the East Village. Jake: Cool. And … um … What do you do? Besides here , I mean. working _______ dancer. Amy: I am an actor … and a singer … and a _______ Jake: Really? I’m a director. Cool. What do you direct? Amy: _______ films. Jake: I direct _______

IV. WATCH AND TALK Script C. Third Watching Watch Part B again as you read the dialogue. Complete the sentences with the missing words. Lena: Ah, excuse me, Steven Spielberg. Martina you … Amy, please take this to that table … But ____ , he’swatch got aout snake in his bag. Amy: A what? pet. He brings it here all the Lena: A snake … It’s his _______ time. worry. It is a nice snake. _____ Lena: Don’t

IV. WATCH AND TALK D. After Watching. Imagine the customer did have a snake in his bag! Write a new ending to Part B. You can use any of the characters in Hemispheres Café in the new ending. Then present the dialogue in class. Amy: A what? Suggested Answer Lena: A snake … It’s his pet. He brings it here all the time. Lena: Don’t worry. It is a nice snake. (Amy walks up to the customer. Suddenly the snake jumps out and bites her. ) Amy: Ouch! It bites me! Customer: I’m so sorry! Are you OK? Lena: Amy! I’ve told you to be careful! Amy: It hurts. Lena: Is it serious? Jake: Come on, Amy, let me take you to the hospital.

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